Catweazle - Box Set with Series 1 & 2

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Magic!!.......2007-04-01

You cannot fail to enjoy this most wonderful of series. Filmed in the long, hot Summer of '69 with a perfect cast of actors. The sentiments expressed in the series are of wonder, friendship & that magic can happen. If you are feeling down, watch an episode or two & it will lift you - really!

'A Return To Innocent Kids Entertainment'.......2007-03-14

Geoffrey Bayldon is one of my most loved actors. As Catweazle and particularly, The Crowman in 'Worzel Gummidge' (I was born in 1965) his performances bring back to me memories of the happy childhood I had.
Watching these programmes again I've found, is just as magical an experience as an adult as it was as a child. With so much violence and hatred in the world these days and so many of kids favourite programmes full of violence and fighting (Power Rangers, Transformers etc) it is so lovely to sit and watch something that is gentle and reliant on nothing but a great storyline and a kids immagination. Geoffrey is beyond brilliant as the out of time inept magician and his reactions when confronted by modern technology like electric light are so real and incredibly funny. This DVD box set is also a must for fans with a computer because included here on cdrom are files of the Catweazle annuals from the early 70's plus loads of other interesting extras like original scripts and covers from magazines at the time such as 'Look In' all of which, bring memories flooding back if you are my age. Every episode ever made is here and you will enjoy watching this again as much as your kids will enjoy watching it for the first time. Return to innocence..BUY THIS!

catweasle.......2006-03-30

What can i say " Brilliant....Brilliant"
This is a timeless classic and my children really enjoyed it.
I would recommend this to anybody.
it appealed to me all those years ago and now the kids of this generation too, not a lot of series can do that.

Time Traveller I never forgot.......2006-01-20

From the opening shots of a verdant England in full summer my whole childhood came back. I lived in places like the location. It was wonderful. As a kid I watched the series 'live' on TV - no repeats, no time to linger. Now I've seen Catweazle again I'm impressed it is as good as I remembered. Okay, Catweazle is a bit overblown as a theatrical character but its quite understandable if you are 900 years out of time, an inept magician and wanted by the Normans. Catweazle doesn't offer high drama, production qualities, nor acting. The DVD doesn't have subtitles and very limited playing options - it is straight out of 1969/70. Lovely. You might say it has mild moments of peril (to the characters, that is!)but from its pedigree you know it won't have any bad language, behaviour or tackle any contentious issues head-on. It was and is just entertaining. Catweazle is a very charming, easy-paced and endearing piece of TV history that you might want to watch with your own kids (and let's all start calling our mobile phones a 'telling bone').

And it is definitely not Wurzle Gummage... which was something else altogether.

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fab dvd.......2007-05-25

my 2yr old little girl loves peppa pig,she has afew of her dvds
this one has 10 tales and 2 games
she likes "the playground" tale when they all go wheeeee! down the slide
but daddy pig gets stuck and they all have to push him down
then they bounce off his tummy
very funny

A colourful, if simple, bedtime favourite.......2007-05-04

I sometimes reflect that if I could really predict what children would like I would be very rich by now.

This DVD was given to Alice (3 1/2 years) as a present by friends with a daughter the same age on the basis that it was one of her favourites. I have to admit that on first viewing my own impression was that it was pretty superficial fare that was unlikely to hold any enduring appeal.

The stories all seem to follow the same three-part formula: 1) Peppa and family are doing something 2) Something unexpected/unfortunate happens 3) Problem is fixed and everyone has a good grunt. Don't get me wrong, it's good clean fun, I just thought that once Alice had got over the novelty of Peppa's trademark oinking that she would quickly lose interest.

How wrong I was. This has turned out to be as frequent a request on the bedtime (and longcarjourneytime) 'jukebox' as Charlie and Lola, Maisy and other stalwarts. Is it the comfort of seeing a family that has its little arguments but always manages to patch them up in the end? Or is it just the lilting theme tune, colourful animation and porcine sound effects? Who knows, and ultimately I suppose who cares? (although if you figure it out please tell me!)*

As harmless, albeit slightly pointless, fun that's a hit with the little people this can definitely be recommended.

* My wife thinks she has it: Daddy Pig is always the butt of the joke. So true to life.

Amazon.co.uk Review

Anyone who was a child in the first half of the 1980s will be rushing out to buy Danger Mouse, a readymade time machine to transport you back to those halcyon days of coming home from school to collapse cross-legged in front of the TV. In each action-packed episodes, our righteous rodent triumphs time and again over his arch-nemesis Baron Silas Greenback--the world's most evil toad--battling off everything from aliens and monsters to exploding custard and runaway washing machines. As ever, each episode opens in Danger Mouse's hidden hideaway (located under a post box "somewhere in Mayfair"), the furry Secret Agent duly receiving his instructions from spluttering boss Colonel K. Then it's into the Mousemobile and out onto London's streets, as DM and his trusty sidekick Penfold set off to find their croaky foe and save the day. While the animation is basic and, at 20 minutes a pop, the stories have a tendency to lose momentum, the knowing wit and fabulous theme tune more than compensate. Much of the credit has to go to writer Mike Harding, who mercilessly mimics spy movie clichés until every last laugh is wrung out, but even more should go to David "Del Boy" Jason. Not content with simply voicing the eponymous hero, he also conjures up unrecognisable tones for Colonel K and two of Greenback's loyal hench-creatures, Nero and Count Duckula. And then there's his deliciously portentous voice-over, greeting each cross-cut with the obligatory "meanwhile . . .". An all-round must-buy, but with one important warning: don¹t expect to sleep once that signatory music starts whizzing round your head: "He's the greatest, he's fantastic, wherever there is trouble he's around. Danger Moooooouuuuseeee...". --Jamie Graham

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Pure nostalgia from 20 years ago :).......2001-06-10

6 Episodes bringing back multitudes of memories from my childhood years. All the favourite characters with excellent voices by David Jason (Dangermouse, Colonel K and Baron Greenback) and Terry Scott (Penfold). Also comes with a small cast of characters on the DVD menu and a small snippet of animation (the best one being Penfold in a crocodiles mouth!). The humour means more now than when it did 20 years ago as I understand a lot more of the digs at other series around at the time. Just plain excellent trip down memory lane!

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